Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-15
MEMORIES OF LINCOLN.
bY A BFOOKLYNITE WHO READ
LAW M HIS OFFICE.

isce"'e' VI
LincoIn's Striking Charhc'ers
-. ,+ .ra stndio of Mr.
ealie'' ''iV JUNO .,'' .,..,o, Ha was
]. ii. Llttleiiell on Moii'Sia" Nv =
Just putting the finishing touVh'a ul0i W
new1portrait of MIR Beecher, which mas sliioe
baep exbibiteI upon Fulton street MIR.
Rsecber sat for him daring the trial ana
neain on his 10th birthday. Inc converse,
ito, turned to the days when MI Ahttiei'eid
,,.as a student in Mr. incoln's office IN
Springfield HIS, and one thihg eo 10
another until the following hii'ei e''lis
"reminiscences of Americas great coiiiiiioiiei
bod t.,ar eIicit,.l.
.syea y said Mr. Littlefield, 81 was stu
dent in Mr. Jincoln's office for over TWO
veaYs and the way came to get there was
49, si,o,,,Ia,. inda4A' Nv brother, Ten. M
s Iittefield. WAS pa ' b NJ 'io Va w -
debates at Ottawa, His, between Lincoln anu
Douglas in the famous canvass Tor e'ie Seii4'-
atorship in 1888. After the Steilhine We
over Mr.. Douglas trieiuS ''oh ~ ,,t,,,s;
with brass band ana aiinu - -
asm For alaoment MI 4lii'oi.. - - -;
then those who synipa'llihe" ~ Ia,
ments and had been sreaAy '','oI
mastery speech made rush ~, ~ -.
carried him bodily 10 his n''ei &c 4. ,,,,.,,.
and smother gentleman 'iN' A.. h,,ol h..
ing and when they hau s'' " - a,
said to Mr.. Lincoln; i nave u u -,
l would very much Ike 10 nav - ~; =,
Office as student al, IT,, -, = LII
ply, send Inn down ana we "'i' =. c,.,,l
at him WAS then STUDY ms i"' .-,.
Rapids, Mich, and on nearing - 80 .n
brother, Immediately ls'cHt uP ON,
for Springfield arrived NV VI - -, 49,,
night and pat up AT Olle zNiii' -, ~ -
On Sunday MI Lincoln wa l,- i,,,t ~ hin,
me- well reineinrtr tliS S M Gt+I. Tad
ne was .'' i''I -, IA Nv tba hand. who
'"'li 80 ~ -. of dif,iculty keep up
eo ''i - -, T., tto morning applied at
WIN % ms ;,,,.,I,, a V,rudou for admis-
luo I'm -
''Ii, o,,,or,i the office Mr.. Lin
"o NJ, -. u-iIIi,m n Herpdon
Noin o''o t, ".7 A.. Lincoln addressed
Mefo ooen -, .pnia ,his is the Young
nie P"i v,lLl ~, -, ~ Won Whatever ar
HEEL VI ~" -. ,.;t,, him will ~. salts
salei'.'' e., w. turning to me he said =;
ia1Voiy " n.e. -, .F7 Enthusiastic in
e and n eut ms did
yoar sVu'''es VI I.,I H. 10 Won
TWO youns ,i'S ,'a tharar noiutinp to A large
- - H., r-ou well one of those
I'm M 90 enthusiastic in his pursuit
ye i,.,' tha, M, fraJ an ipkstand at the
80 nnass hoad and that is the mark he
;,,,n,.Iiar,I,, la,,an 10 clean ND
-, Ella, o,iic. g., little MIR. Lincoln had
r., in ,..,,,,,rss and had the usual amount of
so,1s IN distribute IN the farmers. These
,,o,,, s.,,t ont with Free Soil and Republican
ao,,,,,a,,ts IN my efforts 10 clear M |
fo,,,,d thot sor,, of the saa,ls had sprouted in
~ H., 81 haa colla.t.d in the office
-, ,,.sr,
rLhA'''N" y
Judge Logan ana Mr. Lincoln were oii'e
engaged OH op"sile S''''e VI a
JuuSe Logan u'sP'aJ u" ''"' N'oi VA Aio'
edge about horses, ana Us was Ohe CUSTOM
with lawyers at that day, in the heat OF thu
argument Ind lald OIL ms coat ana vest: oh
fortunately lor nun lie i,ao puI nis sun "
nina side before. "ne'' ne iit'i iiiii'neu -ni
Lincoln arose and asked his opponent IL NJ
would please rise. Inc Judge coinplied
win you please turn your bach 10 the jury
Now, gentlemen OF tine jury, Sua L-lucoih
what sort oil value can you Pl'ce upon Jug
Logans knowledge Oh horses "heh he u'Tsll
know enough TO put MS shut on right slu'
foremost when he comes INTO court roal
OF laughter followed this Slliy ana "lleh MI
Lincoln had finished his argument 1he Jur,
gave verdict III his favor.
"Mr Lincoln was engaged In case whlcl
made great deal of stir in Illinois while
was student III his Office. One Ereek Crat
ton, strong, bury fellow, was paying al
tentions to young lady hVlng IN the 'lcihlt.
of Springfield. She had another sultor a
the same time by the name OF Quinn Harri
SON Grafton told Harrison II he didh ceas
his attentions to the young lady he woui
thrash him Harrison replied That II q
made an attack upon nm ne "ouiu deleh
himself Grafton one day came TO the pos
ONCE and steinS IiafilSoh Let'iliis d ne"
paper 'hie" nus III iii7 ''i ~ an. u
W hoiu nii'A "a ISL 81 -. 80
urawihe uasSel' Piuiise" ~ ni'' VI ut 'oii
Ntas' Cfaiuoh ""1sis s'aii''h oll ~
trlai 'ha' hs az III 1en ,1 70 :
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- -. o,d ,,,as 80 g.. H. 9,
si.;at,. lei ,,,Ii.;o.,I ,rai,s :, ~,
tha CUNT. Va s,,I,s,riIa,, fo,. 60.
na,erc nubiisbad in the soutb-opa L,rnr
came from South Carolina He had an i,
numsrab,e number of anecdotes of mil
,,I,,,,., AZ Tho a,,d Of t;s tr,.,,, II h.
grsat tenacity of memory. and once a fa,
was fixed in his mind he never forerot !
His fondnass for taIiur, stories is oftan n
lpdad IN hnt he rossessed n certain dic,ni,
that prevented persons from going only in
so far with them. Peoule called him Unc
Abe long before he was nominated for II
presidency, and often have seen him sittin
on the steps Of stores chatting with h
friends. As relaxation from profession,
cares he would 90 out and play ball tn
game was what was called harm ball. and
consisted in knocking the ball against tt
side of a building and then hitting it agai
on the rebound have seen Mr.. Lincoln g
. into this sport with a great deal of yes
Notwithstanding his love for good stori,
and funny savings he usually had a forlor
arnreesinn ON bis face and ar,aorod ,,,,,